Fender custom shop 1951 Telecaster Super Heavy Relic ANBL














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Introducing: Your Dream Instrument from Fender

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After Fender had to remove the name Broadcaster from its electric guitars in 1951 following a complaint, a new name was sought for the successor to the Esquire. The idea for the new name Telecaster came from Don Randall, the creative mind behind almost all Fender model names. In view of the burgeoning television age, the name seemed appropriate, as Leo Fender's former shop was the first in the area to offer televisions.
The name Telecaster appeared on the headstock of the T-style guitar from 1951 onwards, and so Fender's first solidbody electric guitar was finally given a permanent name for which it is still known today. Fender's production methods made it possible to manufacture the instruments simply and with consistent quality, but also with a different sound. The clear, long decaying sounds of the Telecaster clearly set it apart from the fat Gibson style jazz sound. The Fender Custom Shop has set itself the task of studying these high-quality vintage guitars and reproducing them down to the smallest detail. Here we have a very special Custom Shop one-off for you, modelled on a Tele from the early 50s:
The Fender Custom Shop 1951 Telecaster Super Heavy Relic ANBL is a classic T-style electric guitar with a two-piece ash body. Ash wood was already used in the original Telecaster guitars and provides the basis for the perfect vintage sound. The body wood was selected by hand to ensure a particularly light weight and thus improve playing comfort. The aged riftsawn maple neck with maple fingerboard has a 1950 Blackguard shape in the style of the Nocaster models of the early 1950s and a compound fingerboard radius of 7.25" - 9.5", which offers the perfect compromise between vintage feel and modern comfort and makes it easier for the left hand to grip. The guitar is equipped with a classic S-S pickup combination of two Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘50-’51 Blackguard single coils. Other features include Fender vintage style tuners, dome speed knobs in an aged nickel finish and a single-ply, black 5-hole pickguard.
The Fender Custom Shop 1951 Telecaster Super Heavy Relic ANBL is finished in a classic Aged Nocaster Blonde. The thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish ensures that the wood can vibrate particularly well and that the lacquer finish ages more beautifully. The most extreme of Fender's Relic levels, Super Heavy Relic evokes the spirit of the most tried and worn Fender instruments in history. If you want a guitar that looks like it hasn't left your side since the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll, this is the finish for you.
This exquisite one-off comes with a certificate of authenticity in a luxurious original Fender Custom Shop case with tweed cover and burgundy lining, allowing you to transport your new dream guitar safely and protect it from external influences.
- Strings: 6 string
- Country of origin: USA
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Factory Stringing: Fender Nickel Plated Steel
- Special Features: Custom Shop
- Technology: Solid Body
- Body shape: T-Style
- Body Material: Ash, 2-piece, Sorted for Lightweight
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Neck: 1-pc. Maple, Riftsawn
- Neck Profile: 1950 Blackguard Shape
- Neck finish: Gloss aged
- Fretboard: Maple
- Fretboard radius: 7,25" - 9,5" Compound
- Fretboard Inlays: Black Dots
- Nut width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- Nut material: Bone
- Frets: 21
- Fret size: Medium Vintage 47095
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Pickup Configuration: S-S (2x Single Coil)
- Neck Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
- Bridge Pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
- Pickup Cover: Chrome/Black
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3-way switch
- Pickup type: passive
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Hardware: Distressed nickel
- Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage Style Tuner
- Translation: 1:14
- Pickguard: Black 1-Ply
- Pot Caps: Dome Speed Knob Nickel
- Bridge / Tremolo: Fender 3-Saddle Vintage Style Tele® with Barrel Steel Saddles
- Color/ Finish: Aged Nocaster® Blonde
- Finish: Nitrocellulose
- Aging: Super Heavy Relic
- Includes: Original Fender case, certificate

About Fender
In order to make it possible for everyone to have a Fender instrument , they are offered in different price ranges. The subsidiary Squier sells inexpensive models manufactured in the Far East according to original dimensions and with the accumulated Fender know-how in the background. You can find an affordable, “real” Fender in the series made in Mexico . The classic original Fender instruments such as the American Pro series are made in the USA . For lovers of hand-built instruments and guitars with Vintage flair, there is the Fender custom shop , where you can also have a guitar built entirely according to your ideas.
Fender is not only known and appreciated for its instruments, but also for the various amplifier model such as the Deluxe reverb, the Princeton, the Champion, the Blues Junior or the Fender Rumble bass amplifier series. Fender now also sells a wide range of guitar accessories such as strings, picks, cable, straps, bags, tuners and care products as well as spare parts and pickups as well as accessories and merchandising. Of course, you can find all of this at the music store you trust – session in Frankfurt and Walldorf!


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